The 10 films that matter at Cannes 2007
DEATH PROOF
Quentin Tarantino's homage to 70s exploitation car-chase movies was recently released as Grindhouse in the US, in a double-bill with Planet Terror, both starring the tantalising Rose McGowan. Will it do better at Cannes than in the US where it virtually died at the box office?
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THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Known in French as Le Scaphandre et le Papillon. Directed by Julian Schnabel, whose film Before Night Falls won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 2000 Venice Film Festival.
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A MIGHTY HEART
Based on the book of the same name by Mariane Pearl, widow of the Wall Street Journal correspondent beheaded in Pakistan. Starring Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl.
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MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
The first English-language film - set in the US - from Hong Kong-based Chinese director Wong Kar-wai, who the critics love to love. Starring singer Norah Jones (right) in her first screen role, with Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Directors Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of the well-received novel by Cormac McCarthy about how money can come between men. Starring Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson.
AN OLD MISTRESS
Or Une Vieille Maitresse, starring the provocative Asia Argento as a prostitute. This is the first period film from controversial French writer-director Catherine Breillat, known for Romance and Anatomy of Hell.
PARANOID PARK
Directed by Gus Van Sant, a perennial festival favourite who won the Palme d'Or with Elephant in 2003. The story centres around what happens when a young skateboarder kills a security guard by mistake.
PROMISE ME THIS
The latest film from festival favourite Emir Kusturica from Bosnia who won the Palme d'Or in 1995 with Underground. A man goes to the big city to try to find a bride.
SICKO
New documentary from Michael Moore, famous for Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. This one is about the failures of the healthcare system in the United States.
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ZODIAC
Based on the true story of the notorious Zodiac killer in San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s. Directed by David Fincher - Fight Club and Se7en - it stars Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. Long and slow, it is likely to be better received at Cannes than it was by US audiences.
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